Have you heard the story?
Body of missing Brazilian tourist found in Mulanje Mountain
Write back with some more details.
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quarta-feira, 12 de agosto de 2009
The world's best job
UK man lands 'world's best job'
Recently a British man has been given a six-month position described as "the best job in the world".
Who is he?
What does he do?
What is the "job"?
For more go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8035168.stm
Do you think it is really the best job?
Recently a British man has been given a six-month position described as "the best job in the world".
Who is he?
What does he do?
What is the "job"?
For more go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8035168.stm
Do you think it is really the best job?
quarta-feira, 5 de agosto de 2009
Race relations in America - a wound that will never heal
This video goes to show that the question of race - being black, white, hispanic et al. will always be a hot point for the world in general and for America in particular.
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To quote the article, "With mugs of beer and calming words, President Barack Obama and the professor and policeman engulfed in a national uproar over race pledged Thursday to move on and try to pull America with them." Read more ...
Stephan
http://xrl.us/be7ka4
To quote the article, "With mugs of beer and calming words, President Barack Obama and the professor and policeman engulfed in a national uproar over race pledged Thursday to move on and try to pull America with them." Read more ...
Stephan
Geography Quiz- Going places
How well do you know your world?
1. What's the world's largest island?
2. What's the world's longest river?
3. What are the seven continents?
4. How many people are there on the planet?
5. What is the ratio of salt water (seas and oceans) to fresh water (rivers and lakes)?
6. What is the largest country (by land mass) in the world?
7. What's the smallest country (by land mass) in the world?
8. What's the largest metropolitan area by population in the world?
9. What's the youngest country (recently formed)?
10. Which language is spoken by most people?
Stay tuned for the answers later!
1. What's the world's largest island?
2. What's the world's longest river?
3. What are the seven continents?
4. How many people are there on the planet?
5. What is the ratio of salt water (seas and oceans) to fresh water (rivers and lakes)?
6. What is the largest country (by land mass) in the world?
7. What's the smallest country (by land mass) in the world?
8. What's the largest metropolitan area by population in the world?
9. What's the youngest country (recently formed)?
10. Which language is spoken by most people?
Stay tuned for the answers later!
Being vague
Do you know how to be vague in English, how not to be exact about what you want to say?
We are usually vague when we want to hide our true feelings or when we don't want to offend someone, e.g. The teacher must be about thirty, thirty-five maybe.
Take this quiz (adapted from BBC Learning English) to see if you know how to be "vague":
1: I left … things at the office last night.
a: One of two
b: One or two
c: One and two
2: There are a couple of … in the speech we need to talk about.
a: bits
b: bit
c: stuff
3: It’s … three o’clock now.
a: approximately
b: sort of
c: about
4: There are … people on the bus.
a: fifty-odd
b: kind of fifty
c: the odd fifty
5: I usually eat lunch at ... .
a: one around
b: one-odd
c: oneish
6: She has … hair.
a: about reddish
b: red-odd
c: sort of reddish
NB The answers will be posted later!
We are usually vague when we want to hide our true feelings or when we don't want to offend someone, e.g. The teacher must be about thirty, thirty-five maybe.
Take this quiz (adapted from BBC Learning English) to see if you know how to be "vague":
1: I left … things at the office last night.
a: One of two
b: One or two
c: One and two
2: There are a couple of … in the speech we need to talk about.
a: bits
b: bit
c: stuff
3: It’s … three o’clock now.
a: approximately
b: sort of
c: about
4: There are … people on the bus.
a: fifty-odd
b: kind of fifty
c: the odd fifty
5: I usually eat lunch at ... .
a: one around
b: one-odd
c: oneish
6: She has … hair.
a: about reddish
b: red-odd
c: sort of reddish
NB The answers will be posted later!
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